Nutritional assessment in the elderly: facing up to the challenges of developing new tools for clinical assessment.
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C M Apovian
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The use of pharmacologic agents in the treatment of the obese patient.
The statistics are staggering: 59.4% of men, 50.7% of women, and 54.9% of the total population are overweight. Consequently, heightened efforts are being directed to control this epidemic. Clinicians have shown a renewed interest in the use of appetite suppressants and other antiobesity agents concomitantly with conventional treatment of diet education, exercise training, and lifestyle modification. This article reviews appetite suppressants both from a historical perspective and currently, and then presents a rationale for the continued use of antiobesity agents in the management of obesity.
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Failure to thrive in older adults.
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Body mass index and physical function in obese older women.
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Guidelines for refeeding the marasmic patient.
Nutritional support of the malnourished patient can be lifesaving. However, the efficacy of total parenteral nutrition in this setting depends on: a) careful estimation of energy requirements, using the Harris-Benedict equation or indirect calorimetry; b) minimizing the fluid retention which invariably complicates refeeding in marasmus; c) adequate repletion of P, K, and Mg on a daily basis; and d) accurate assessment of the rate of weight regain.
Basal Metabolism↗